The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
So, I guess this is two for two now, because I have another gin to review. I really like the gins by Joerg Fiedler. One of his newer creations is the Smoke & Oak gin where he cleverly combined barrel aged gin with smoked Lapsang Souchong tea..
The third cocktail in this little series on non-alcoholic tea drinks, is a daring Penicillin variation. You see, I love Lapsang Souchong tea which is heavily smoked. So, I figured it would be the perfect base for recreating the smoky and ginger as well as honey flavoured whisky cocktail. On top of that, I also […]
Liquorice is a love or hate thing. I love this salty flavoured sweet and at least for me, it cannot be salty enough. Therefore, I was keen on trying the new liquor from Heiko Hoos. The liquorice and salmiac flavoured liqueur opens up a lot of new possibilities for mixing cocktails. On top of that, […]
It cannot be said enough, people should drink more cognac! Yes, I know cognac still has an antiquated image. Yet, this traditional French spirit has so much great things to offer. In this case, I am writing about a cognac which comes from an island in the Atlantic Ocean. The still family owned Camus cognac […]
Through this year’s Tropical Month my faith in rum was “somewhat” restored. In the months or even years before that, I was a bit bored by all the sweetened rum out there. Sure, there were trends in the opposite direction, but a lot of them tasted similar. Now, I have to admit that the La […]
For the Negroni Week 2019 I went for a simple and slightly smoky Negroni variation. While I could just have added a few dashes of Islay single malt to the standard Negroni recipe, I went a slightly different way. Instead, I just a special gin made by Heiko Hoos. His Lapsang Gin combines juniper with […]
